Ever Heard of Driving While Ability Impaired? Austin Police Chief Has.
Austin may be adding another law punishing drinking-before-driving to the books to help reduce car accidents and clear the roads of unsafe driving.
Drinking While Ability Impaired (DWAI)
The new DWAI law would be applicable to motorists with blood-alcohol content averaging between.05 and.07. The current legal limit for alcohol-affected driving is a.08 blood-alcohol content. The idea behind it is that some people have a lower alcohol tolerance than others. One person may only be able to handle a.05 blood-alcohol level before they start driving dangerously, and currently, there